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What is the significance of folic acid during development?

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Folic acid helps fusion and closure of spinal cord

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When are the primary germ layers formed?

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The primary germ layers are formed during the process of gastrulation

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How long after does an embryo implant into the uterine wall?

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At the beginning of the third week, the embryo has implanted into the uterine wall

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Describe the structure of an embryo

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The embryo is a flat disc, comprised of two cell layers
Epiblast
Hypoblast

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Explain how the embryo initially begins to develop

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Epiblast cells in the midline of the embryo begin to ingress, starting from the caudal end
Visible as the primary streak

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What do the ingressing cells differentiate into?

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Ingressing cells differentiate into Mesoderm

Surrounding muscles, connective tissue & mesenteries and blood vessels

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What does the epiblast give rise to?

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Epiblast gives rise to Ectoderm (neural crest)

Innervation of the gut (enteric NS), skeletal muscles

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What does the hypoblast and epiblast develop into?

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Hypoblast (and epiblast) gives rise to Endoderm

Epithelium of the gut tube and glands

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When does gastrulation occur?

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Gastrulation generates the three primary germ layers within the 3rd week

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How is the gut tube formed?

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The gut tube is formed by folding of sheets of cells in two directions

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Explain the folding that occurs to form the gut tube

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Folding towards the midline along the cranial-caudal axis

Folding towards the yolk sac at the cranial and caudal ends

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What does the cloacal membrane form?

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Cloacal membrane - urogenital sinus; anus and genitals

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What does the buccopharyngeal membrane form?

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Buccopharyngeal membrane - head and neck

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What is the septum transversum?

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Septum transversum is the area where the diaphragm forms

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What is the mesentery?

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Mesentery = folded membrane that anchors on posterior axis (peritoneum)

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Where is the GI tract anchored to/?

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GI tract is anchored to the posterior abdominal wall

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Describe the initial structure of the embryo

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The embryo is initially a solid flat disc attached to the hemispherical yolk sac (& similarly to amnion)

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How is part of the yolk sac cavity enclosed in the embryo?

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Part of the yolk sac cavity is enclosed within the embryo by pinching-off the yolk sac to form a yolk stalk and balloon like yolk sac

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How does the gut tube link from the mouth to the anus in the embryo?

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Within the embryo, the cranial and caudal intestinal portals extend the tube towards the mouth and anus, delimited by the procordal and cloacal plates

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What is the primary gut tube composed of?

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Sheet of endoderm which makes the epithelia and glands

Surrounding mesoderm, which makes muscle and connective tissue (including mesentery)

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What is the foregut composed of?

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Pharynx
Oesophagus
Stomach
Cranial half of duodenum
Ampulla of Vater
(joining of common bile duct and pancreatic duct)
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What is the midgut made up of?

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Caudal duodenum (from duodenal papilla)
Jejunum
Ileum
Caecum
Appendix
Ascending colon 
Proximal 2/3 of transverse colon
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What composes the hindgut?

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Distal 1/3 of transverse colon
Descending Colon
Rectum

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Describe the atrial blood supply of the gut

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Inferior mesenteric artery - hind gut
Superior mesenteric artery - midgut
Celiac artery - foregut & abdominal organs

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How well perfused is the gut?
Gut surrounded by plexus of blood vessels, joining vitelline vessels to aorta
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What is the significance of the plexus of arteries around the gut?
Plexus resolves to form the arteries that supply the GI tract from the aorta These define the boundaries of the gut
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Describe the arterial blood supply of the GI tract
~ 5 arterial branches to the thoracic oesophagus (from the descending aorta) Celiac artery to the foregut Superior mesenteric artery to the midgut Inferior mesenteric artery to the hindgut
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Where do sympathetic ganglia form?
Sympathetic ganglia develop next to major branches of the aorta
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Where do the postganglionic sympathetic axons innervate?
Postganglionic sympathetic axons innervate the same tissues that the arteries supply with blood
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Explain the sympathetic innervation of the gut
Celiac ganglion - foregut Superior mesenteric ganglion - midgut Inferior mesenteric ganglion - hindgut
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How does the stomach develop from the gut tube?
Stomach arises by expansion and rotation | During week 4 at the level where the stomach will form the tube begins to dilate, forming an enlarged lumen
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Explain the development of the stomach from the gut tube
Initially concave ventral, convex dorsal 90°turn about craniocaudal axis The dorsal border grows more rapidly than ventral, which establishes the greater curvature of the stomach
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What is the sciatic nerve?
Sciatic Nerve - largest nerve in body, supplies bum
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How is the stomach held in place?
Dorsal wall of stomach attached to body by mesentery; the dorsal mesogastrium (will form greater omentum) Ventral wall attached by ventral mesentery, which includes the liver (will form lesser omentum)
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What is the significance of the vagus nerve in the GI tract?
Vagus nerve help supply intricate parts of GI tract
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What is the role of the peritoneum?
Peritoneum membrane protects | Mesentery attached to stomach liver and abdominal organs
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What is the falciform ligament?
Falciform ligament - thin white fibro structure attached to abdominal wall to anchor organs to the front and back
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What is the mesogastrium?
the middle region of the abdomen between the epigastrium and the hypogastrium
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Explain how the mesogastrium forms the greater omentum
As the stomach rotates, the dorsal mesogastrium is drawn with it The mesogastrium encloses a space, the omental bursa (lesser arc) The folded mesogastrium grows to form the greater omentum from the greater curvature, the folds fusing to obliterate the bursa
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How is the mature gut folded in place?
Fusion of the mesenteries with the posterior abdominal wall fixes the mature gut in plac
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Where are retroperitoneal structures of the GI tract located?
Retroperitoneal structures are sitting on the abdominal wall
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What is the role of the Cystic Artery?
Cystic artery allows communication between organs behind the liver Intraperitoneal
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What is pyloric stenosis?
An abnormality of foregut development - pyloric stenosis (narrowing) Gastric outlet obstruction caused by smooth muscle hypertrophy
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What is the incidence of occurence of pyloric stenosis?
3 in 1000 incidence
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What are the symptoms of pyloric stenosis?
Projectile vomiting shortly after feeding (not bile stained) Pyloric channel elongation ‘railroad track’ L >16mm, wall > 4mm, diameter > 14mm
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How does the liver bud from the foregut?
Inducing signal: Heart to ventral gut endoderm Hepatic diverticulum grows into mesenchyme of septum transversum, expanding into ventral mesentery
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How is a blood supply and drainage system formed around the liver?
Cords of hepatic endoderm, bile drainage ducts, and blood vessels proliferate arranged as sinusoids
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How does the liver move to its position within the body?
Liver exceeds size of septum transversum (diaphragm area), expands into ventral mesentery
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What does the remaining ventral mesentery give rise to?
Remaining ventral mesentery gives rise to: Falciform ligament between liver and body wall Lesser omentum between liver and stomach
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What is the liver diverticulum?
The hepatic diverticulum (or liver bud) is a primordial cellular extension of the embryonic foregut endoderm that gives rise to the parenchyma of the liver
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How does the liver diverticulum form?
The liver diverticulum arises as a bud from the most caudal portion of the foregut
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What are the 2 Pancreatic buds?
- Dorsal from duodenal endoderm (induced by notochord) - Ventral from hepatic diverticulum (induced by hepatic mesoderm)
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How do the pancreatic buds form the pancreas?
As duodenum rotates, ventral and dorsal buds meet and fuse
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What is an annular pancreas?
Rare condition where the second part of duodenum is surrounded by a ring of pancreatic tissue continuous with pancreatic head This portion of pancreas can constrict duodenum and block/impair flow of food to rest of intestines
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How does an annular pancreas form?
If ventral bud bifid (bi-lobed), and one rotates around duodenum, annular pancreas forms, which can obstruct duodenum
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What kind of gland is the pancreas?
Pancreas is an endocrine and exocrine gland
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How are the intestines (midgut) attached to the body?
Attached throughout length by dorsal mesentery (but not ventral mesentery)
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What causes the folding of the gut?
The mesentery and gut grow at different rates, leading to stereotypical folding of the gut
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Describe the blood supply to the intestines
A ventral branch of the aorta supplies the midgut: superior mesenteric artery (SMA)
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Explain the development of the intestines around the superior mesenteric artery
With a very rapid increase in length, the intestines rotate around SMA Abdomen is too small to accomodate, so herniates into umbilical stalk at 6/7 weeks By 10 weeks, abdomen is bigger, and intestines return
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Describe the midgut development
1. 90 degree rotation of midgut 2. Elongates into yolk sac and comes out 3. Does another 180 rotation 4. Starts to form large bowel as it comes back in around 10-12th week (small intestine + main parts of large intestine forming)
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List some abnormalities of intetsinal (midgut) development
- Umbilical hernia - Omphalocele - Gastroschisis - Persistance of yolk duct - Meckel's Diverticulum
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What is an umbilical hernia?
Intestines return normally, but rectus abdominis fails to fuse around umbilicus: gut covered in skin
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What is omphalocele?
Failure of intestinal loops to return into abdomen | Hernia covered in amion (causes unknown, but associated with maternal obesity, alcohol / tobacco, SSRI use)
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What is gastroschisis
``` Failure of ventral body wall to fuse: no covering Increasing incidence (1 in 3000). Marked association with young maternal age, low maternal BMI, recreational drugs (especially cocaine) ```
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Describe features of a persistent yolk duct
Most common intestinal abnormality | Yolk duct attached to ileum, near ileocecal junction - apex of midgut loop (about 2 ft from ileocecal junction)
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What is meckel's diverticulum?
Out-pouching / bulge in lower part of small intestine | Bulge is congenital and is a leftover of umbilical cord
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Describe the features of meckel's diverticulum
(2-4% population) usually asymptomatic Can get inflamed (clinically indistinguishable from acute appendicitis - pain) May contain ectopic gastric cells; ulceration + lower GI bleeding Can be connected to umbilicus by ligament - Gut rotation causes volvulus - Can form umbilical fistula
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What is Hirschsprung's disease?
Aganglionic megacolon - not able to pass + digest food due to lack of neural cells Primarily affects hindgut Dilatation of sections of colon, with lack of tone + peristalsis, leading to profound constipation Absence of parasympathetic ganglia
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What causes Hirschsprung's disease?
Caused by lack of neural crest cells Ganglia present in dilated/hypertrophic region Aganglionic segment shows contraction
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What is the significance of neural crest cells?
Neural crest cells populate the developing gut and give rise to enteric ganglia - parasympathetic supply
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What gives rise to the enteric ganglia?
A subpopulation of the neural crest cells which migrate through the embryo from the lateral edges of the neural plate gives rise to the enteric ganglia
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Describe the location of different neural crest cells in the gut
Neural crest cells from the occipitocervical (vagal) region populate the entire gut Neural crest cells from the sacral region populate the distal gut
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What are the consequences of failure of enteric gut development ?
Hirschsprung's disease results from failure of development of the enteric ganglia normally : Neural crest cells give rise to enteric ganglia Normal rectal innervation is inhibitory
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What are the effects of Hirschsprung's disease?
Failure of neural crest cells to migrate to the correct location leads to absence of ganglion cells Absence of inhibitory innervation results in tonic contraction and colonic obstruction
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Explain the significance of the cloaca
The cloaca is the transient common end of digestive and urogenital systems, including the base of the allantois (urogenital sinus)
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Describe the development of the anus
Covered by cloacal (proctodeal) membrane over ectoderm depression, the proctodeum Split by the urorectal septum Gives rise to urogenital membrane and anal membrane (perforate at 7-8 weeks)
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What is an imperforate anus?
defect that is present from birth (congenital)
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Describe the effect of an imperforate anus
Imperforate anus can be: - Persistence of anal membrane - Atresia of anal canal, rectum or both
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What does the cloaca give rise to?
Cloaca gives rise to the rectum and urogenital sinus

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